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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 29, 2011
Arch Zaliznyak, San Jose, CA (US);
Ramanand Venkata, San Francisco, CA (US);
Surinder Singh, San Jose, CA (US);
Henry Y. Lui, Millbrae, CA (US);
Tim Tri Hoang, San Jose, CA (US);
Sergey Shumarayev, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Thungoc M. Tran, San Jose, CA (US);
Arch Zaliznyak, San Jose, CA (US);
Ramanand Venkata, San Francisco, CA (US);
Surinder Singh, San Jose, CA (US);
Henry Y. Lui, Millbrae, CA (US);
Tim Tri Hoang, San Jose, CA (US);
Sergey Shumarayev, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Thungoc M. Tran, San Jose, CA (US);
Altera Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Disclosed are apparatus and methods for providing a serial interface with shared datapaths. The apparatus and methods share or re-use components from multiple lower-speed datapaths so as to efficiently provide a higher-speed datapath. In one embodiment, physical coding sublayer circuitry of the lower-speed datapaths is also used by the higher-speed datapath. In another embodiment, physical media access circuitry of the lower-speed data paths is also used by the higher-speed datapath. Other embodiments, aspects and features are also disclosed.